Arrow projecting toy gun



Nov. 7, 1950 G. HANE ARROW PROJECTIKNG ToY GUN 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 29, 1946 S w g INVENTQR. Gus J-a n e Mimi;

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ARROW PROJECTING TOY GUN Filed June 29, 1946 2 sheets-sheet 2 MLM Patented Nov. 7, 1950 AUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARROW PROJECTING TOY GUN GusHane, Chico, Calif.

Application June 29, 1946, Serial No. 680,390

1 Thisr invention is directed to, and it is an bject to provide, improvements in toy guns; the

1 Claim. (C1. 124-27) guns each including a novel spring-actuated of a pair of matching, longitudinal sections sey cured together; said sections including comple- Inentary portions shaped to form the internal spaces for the working parts.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a toy gun which, in an embodiment, is of singleshot type, and is arranged to shoot an arrow-like bullet or projectile.

A further object of the invention is to provide practical toy guns, and ones which will be eX- ceedingly effective for the purpose for which they are' designed.

These objects are accomplished by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the gun as eInbodying a repeater feature.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of such gun with the near section of the body removed, Vand withthe gun loaded and cocked.

Figure 3 is a similar view, but shows ther gun as fired.r v

Figure 4 is a cross section of the gun taken through the ,trggef- Figure 5 is a side elevation of the gun in the single shot embodiment thereof.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary side elevation of the gun shown in Fig. 5, with the near section of the body removed, and with thegun loaded and cocked.

Figure '7 is a view similar to Fig. 6, but shows the gun as fired.

\ Figure 8 is a cross seticn of the gun shown in Fig. 5, taken through the trigger.

Fig. 9 is a perspective View of one of the projectiles for use in the gun shownin Fig. 5.

Referring now more particularly to the, characters of reference on the drawings, and at present tov Figs. l-#i inclusive, the gun comprises a main body I, including a barrel indicated generally at 2, and a stock, indicated generally V'at 3; such main` body being madeup of a pair of matching longitudinal sections, each of which is indicated at 4. The sections A are of wood, plastic, or other similar material, and yon adjacent faces include complementary portions shaped to form the internal spaces for the working parts of the gun. The sections yare Secured together by transverse screws 5,

` ger block and the plunger l.

Within the main body I the gun is formed with a main bore II5, open to the front end of the body and extending to, but terminating short of, the rear end of the barrel; there being a, bullet projecting plunger 'I slidably disposed in the main bore 6, but of substantially lesser length. The bullet projecting plunger 'I is adapted to be advanced from a rearward or cocked position, :as in Fig. 2, to an advanced position, as in Fig. 3, by means of a helical tension spring 8 which surrounds such plunger; the spring being connected, at its forward end to the body, and at its rearward end to the plunger, as shown.

Adjacent its rear end the plunger 'I is formed with a laterally extending trigger block 9 which runs in an elongated slot I0 in one section 4 of the main body; said trigger block including a pull cord II which facilitates retraction of'said trig- To cock the gun the trigger block 9 is pulled rearwardly, loading the spring 8, and said block is then engaged behind :a shoulder I2 formed by a downwardly extended notch I3 in the corresponding section 4 at the rear end of the elongated slot Ill. When the trigger block 9 is engaged against the shoulder I2, the plunger 1 is maintained in cooked but releasable position. When a bullet I4, of wood, plastic, or the like, is engaged in the main bore 6 directly ahead of the cocked position of the plunger l, the gun is ready to re. To lire the gun the trigger block 9 is merely raised slightly until it escapes the shoulder I2, whence the plunger 'I snaps forwardly with forceful motion under the inuence of the spring 8, causing the bullet I4 to be projected out of the bore 6. The velocity of the bullet I4 is dependent, of course, upon the strength of the spring 8. It has been found that by using a. relatively heavy spring and a comparably heavy bullet, small game may be killed with the described gun.

The bullets lli are fed into the main bore S directly ahead of the plunger l, when the latter is cocked, by means of the following reloading arrangement:

Directly below the main bore 6 the gun includes a magazine bore I5 which extends forwardly to communication `with a vertical, bullet entry slot I6 which opensat the top into said bore 6.

A supplyzof bulletsA I4` is maintained in end to end relation in .the vmagazine bore I5 by amagazine plunger Il advancedby a helical spring .I8 connected between said ,magazine plunger at `one end andthe body adjacent the other end. The. supply of; bullets I4. in the magazine bore is placed in the gun through a vertical loading slot I9 whichcommunicates with the. magazine bore I5 intermediate its ends; the maga-.Zine plunger Il beingretracted by'a pull cord 20, as shown in Fig. 2, when it is desired to load the magazine bore. The pull cord 2E! extends rearwardlyv through an opening in the body, and eXteriorly thereofis formed with a loop 2l which may be engagea @Ver the fear @meer Garner gf. the ,stools V3 3 to hold the magazine plungerr I1 retracted dur-v ing a loading operation v y The supply of bullets I4 in the magazine bore I5 are fed, one at a time, into the main bore I,V

Y through the bullet entry slot I6, asiollows:A

n Directly ahead of the vertical loadingslot 19;'V

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the gunv is provided with a bell cranklejver 22 4 where 1t is held against accidental displacement bythe leaf spring 36.

vTo actuate the gun, `the trigger block 40 is raisedslightly until it escapes the shoulder 43, atwhichV time the T-shaped nger 45 is directly "behind one shoulder- 35 of the projectile 33,

When the trigger block 4I) is so released the plunger 31 snaps forwardly, and the T-shaped nger 45, running in an elongated slot 46, en-

rection toV maintain such loading nger 25 in the slot I6;l -To shifta bullet from the magazine bore I5 into the main bore 6, the user of the gun pulls rearwardly on the handle 24 until a stop 21 limits such movementyand at which time the loading` iinger 25 has been retracted downwardly clear of; the magazine bore, as shown in broken lines in Fig.v 2. Immediately the lead bullet I4 of thev supply in the magazine bore advances into the bullet entrygslot I6 so that when thel'handle 24 is released, Athe upturned loading nger 25 elevates such advanced bullet to ring position.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs.` 5 9, inclusive, which is the single-shot typev of gun, the main body 28 of said gun is of simi' lar construction 4to that above described, and includes arbarrel 29 andastocl;v 30; the main body 28 being of matching half-sections 3l.

Within the main body 28 the gun includes aj main bore 32 open at both ends, and the projectile 'for this type of gun, which projectile is 'indicated at`.33,.is adapted to be loaded intothe bore 32;. from its rear end, tothe position shown in Fig. 6. 'The projectile is'an elongated cylindrical body pointed at its forward end'wand includesan elongated iin 34 at its rear end. -At the juncture ofthe rear end of the projectile body and the Y front end'of the elongated fin 34, saidprojectile` includeson opposite sides Ofsaid n, a shoulder 35. i

The. projectile 33 is maintained against acci-Y dental escape from its loaded position by means of. a'bowedleaf spring 36.in .the main bore 32 at its rear end:

vThe vprojecting mechanism in this form'of gun comprises a plunger31 'disposed in a secondary bore 38 in the gun directly below and parallel to the main bore 32. The plunger 31 is adapted to be forcefully advanced by means of a helical tension spring 39 connected between the forward end of said plunger 31 and an advanced point on the body. i

The plunger 31 carries a laterally projecting trigger block 40 which Works through an elongated slot 4I in one of the sections 3I of the main body,and said trigger block includes a pull cord` 42. To cock the plunger 31, the trigger block 40 is pulled rearwardly and engaged against a rearwardly facing shoulder 43 formed by a downward notch 44 at the rear end of the elongated slot 4 I.'

Rearwardly of the trigger block 4l) the plunger 31 is tted with a rigid, upstanding T-shaped finger 45. This nger 45 normally projects through an elongated slot 46 VVinto the bore 32.

When the trigger block 4D is cocked into the notch 44 this swings the T-shaped nger into a recess 32a in the side wall of the boreV 32 'andl Clear of said bore. A projectile 331may then befv inserted intothe open rear end of the bore 32 Y Number` from the spirit of the invention, as dened by theVV appended claim.

Having thus described the invention therfollowing is claimed as new and useful, and upon' which Letters Patent are desired: y n

, A toy gun comprising a gun-'shaped body hav'` ing a barrel and a stock, the barrel being pro vided with a longitudinal bore open at both ends, the body being provided with a second bore lying in parallelism with said rstbore, the body beingprovided with a slotcoiinecting bothr` bores. from a point adjacent the rearend of the body forwardly therefrom for a predetermined dis-- tance, the body being also provided with a lon-ik gitudinal slot opening from the outside of the bodyinto the second bore, a spring actuated"l plunger mounted for reciprocation in the sec-.. ond bore, a bulletI engaging element Xed on the; plunger and projecting through the first named; slot into the first bore, atrigger 'on Vthe plunger projectingf through Y, the second named slotfthe body being provided with anotch in the edge off they second'` named slot adjacent the rear endl thereof andinto whichthe trigger may be turned.; to lock the trigger in 'retracted position, the body/ beingprovided with-.arecessdn the wallof the; first bore into which the bullet engaging elementi,

Vturns-fito clear' the lbore .when the trigger is -turnedl into engagement with said notch. j if v i GUS HANE; Y

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